Justen didn't believe the 2-lines, so after several more tests, he got it. He didn't speak for awhile, and it was a long weekend... He had some good one-liners when we told my parents the next day. My mom said she hopes the baby has red hair, and Justen said he just hopes the baby is black. Then when I told my dad and he cried, Justen said, "Yeah, I cried, too." Ha ha, he's hilarious.
I told the rest of my family via text message on Sunday, and I got a scathing phone call from Jake in China. He is the funniest brother, he told me that the way to tell someone news like "I'm getting married," or "I'm pregnant," should NOT be told via text (which is what I did with him both times). We had a great talk. Tommy also called me to congratulate me, which was awesome! I emailed Joe, since he's on his mission, and he was excited to respond that he can't wait to be our baby's favorite uncle. Which he will, it's inevitable. Erica called me, she is so sweet and supportive! Her twin sister, who got married within weeks of us, is also expecting! So lucky Caleb & Erica get two new babies this winter!
After that we called Justen's parents, and both of us on the phone told his mom, who squealed and was so happy! She told the rest of his family, who then called Justen. They are funny, their first words weren't CONGRATS, they were, "Are you ok?" Poor Justen, his family is pretty protective of him. After he said something about "having to be okay, it's done" (so romantic) then he got the congratulations.
So, at 5-6 weeks, all the important people in our life knew. I swore I wouldn't tell people until I was far enough along to either show or know the sex, and yet my excitement won out. I couldn't wait to tell the news, my dreams had come true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a super fun chalkboard that I've been putting messages on every week.
5 weeks:
6 weeks:
7 weeks:
8 weeks:
I had my first doctor appointment on April 1st, which was a fun day to tell people that I'm pregnant, since it was April Fools! I got to see my little blueberry, and got a due date of 11/18. (that's about 9 days later than my online diagnosis, which made me 7-8 weeks pregnant for a few weeks) Here's baby Castle's first picture!
It's really happening! There's really a baby in there! Our good friends, Matt & Suzanne, gave me some books that show what the baby looks like week by week. Right now, it looks pretty gross... Like a tadpole or something, creepy.
I announced it on Instagram with this picture Justen took:
I put a picture on Facebook, too, but I didn't say anything with it. I just hate Facebook lately... It's social networking B.S. I can see how much fun everyone is having and I can have 900 friends, but yet my phone never rings... So posting my pregnancy on Facebook wasn't something I looked forward to as it would be another way for people to know my greatest joy and yet not contact me personally about it. Oh well, I'll get off my soapbox now.
week 9:
week 10:
week 11:
THIS WEEK, week 12:
So, I haven't been blogging lately, for a long time actually, for a reason. And even before the baby news, our life isn't super exciting. We are enjoying our first year of marriage, we are grateful for every day we get to spend together, and we fall more and more in love. As substituting at schools dries up, I got a second job at CVS as a pharmacy technician. I'm so homesick for my mom and my life in Missouri. But, Justen does his best to help me during this first year of transition. Life is really, really good for this Castle family.
